Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1911 — DEACON STARTS RIOT [ARTICLE]

DEACON STARTS RIOT

Zion City, 111., Churchman Doea Not Heed Warning of Judge. L. Forby, deacon In Voliva’a church, started a riot in a courtroom at Zion City, 111., when Jesse Ruell was brought to trial on a charge of disorderly conduct. This trial was an outcome of the riot between the Voliva and anti-Voliva factions of the Dowieites. The deacon and Buell, who aided Forby, finally were overpowered and taken to the Waukegan jail. Their attorneys said they would demand that they be freed on a writ of habeas corpus. Buell was taken before Duncan Bellows, banker ard judge of the municipal court, for trial on a charge of assaulting Frank Newell. Forby appeared as his attorney. The deacon’s statements were considered out of place by the court and after an unheeded warning fined the decon $5.